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Burton Jay Smith and Willametta Turnepseed letters, June-July, 1943
1943-06-22 Page 4
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B.J. the planner, B.J. the worker…… all of which B.J.'s are equally essential to your happy married life. You do not know, save a very little, B.J. the lover. And you won't know him really until after we are married. A man never treats the girl he really loves (not just feels a physical passion) contrary to his ideas of honor and the sacredness of women. Certain aspects of love, according to my code of honor, are allowable only to married persons. Being in your parents' home and constrained by my code of honor put a control on my ardor which would not be there at another place and under other conditions. This is frank talk but you
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B.J. the planner, B.J. the worker…… all of which B.J.'s are equally essential to your happy married life. You do not know, save a very little, B.J. the lover. And you won't know him really until after we are married. A man never treats the girl he really loves (not just feels a physical passion) contrary to his ideas of honor and the sacredness of women. Certain aspects of love, according to my code of honor, are allowable only to married persons. Being in your parents' home and constrained by my code of honor put a control on my ardor which would not be there at another place and under other conditions. This is frank talk but you
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